Analysis on the nitrogen drilling accident of Well Qionglai 1 (I): Major inducement events of the accident

Nitrogen drilling in poor tight gas sandstone should be safe because of very low gas production. But a serious accident of fire blowout occurred during nitrogen drilling of Well Qionglai 1. This is the first nitrogen drilling accident in China, which was beyond people's knowledge about the safe...

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Main Authors: Yingfeng Meng, Sujiang Wu, Xingyuan Chen, Yanping Zhang, Zengnian Wang, Xinhu Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2015-12-01
Series:Natural Gas Industry B
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352854016300018